Be curious, ask questions, stop following

Life teaches us every minute. If we are ready to learn, that is. About us and others. Remember the time when we are growing up and the big plans we made? These plans are pure – untouched by the cruel world and the way it treats people who have ideas.

But somewhere along the way we keep aside the plan and join the mad race. We believe this is the natural thing to do. We see everybody around us doing the same and we start believing this is what we too should do. No questions asked. This is beginning of stopping the growth on its tracks.

No question, no answer

Ever since we land on this planet, we observe our surroundings and we question. Why is this, how it works, what is this. In short life is all about asking questions. My ten-year-old son had so many questions when he was young. But now he same lots of answers and very few questions. When he was small he had a new set of questions every day. At times I got tired of answering all his queries. But that didn\’t stop him from asking.

This is the biggest lesson I have learnt. To ask questions and keep on asking them. This is what leads to growth of self. But the grown ups no longer remember asking questions. We follow. Everywhere we go we follow. Like the navigation guide inside their cars and mobiles, we work on the guide inside us and keep moving till we reach a dead end. Which is too late to ask for the right directions.

Stop and start, now

We live a life so mechanised that if were never bother to stop and ask Why, Where, What? Oh yes, we do have these queries when we want to inquire about something like a sale or about a product. But we seldom ask the office manager who takes us to a guided tour to the workshop why a certain process is being followed. We assume this is the best practice to follow and based on that silly assumption we too start following it. We never question. We take the safe route. Why bother. Let it be. We are not interested in growth. Our growth.

Of course there is a process that needs to be followed. But if no one questions why, would we evolve? How can we better what we already have? The purpose of asking a question is to get information that matters to us and no one else. Yet, as we grow in life we stop seeking answers and then we hit a wall.

Conclusion

It is for our own good that we should ask questions and continue to ask them till we are here on this planet. It is only our curiosity that has brought us here. It pays to remain curious. Encourage people around you to ask questions, remain curious.